Chennai panchang, 3 September 2028
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 17:49 Bhadrapada month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:12 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta 16:38 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam 16:45 – 18:17
- 06:55 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:04 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:17 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:19 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:17 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 01:19 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:04, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:55 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:19 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:52 – 16:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:38 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:17
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 06:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:12 | Good |
| Rog | 15:12 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:45 – 21:12 | Good |
| Char | 21:12 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:31 – 05:58 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:58 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:51 Cancer
- 04:51 – 06:54 Leo
- 06:54 – 08:56 Virgo
- 08:56 – 11:03 Libra
- 11:03 – 13:14 Scorpio
- 13:14 – 15:22 Sagittarius
- 15:22 – 17:15 Capricorn
- 17:15 – 18:57 Aquarius
- 18:57 – 20:36 Pisces
- 20:36 – 22:24 Aries
- 22:24 – 00:27 next day Taurus
- 00:27 – 02:38 next day Gemini
- 02:38 – 04:47 next day Cancer
- 04:47 – 05:58 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method